D.M. wants golf courses to be operated privately
Source: By MELISSA WALKER, Des Moines Register (IA), August 9, 2008
Des Moines officials hope a move to privatize two more municipal golf courses will pull revenue out of the rough.
Combined, the Waveland and Grandview courses were in the red almost $400,000 for the budget year that ended June 30. Officials had projected a $208,000 loss "at a time when our budget is extraordinarily stressed," City Manager Rick Clark said.